What it is: Half weird Western, half horror, this unusual novel stars a wealthy woman who falls into comas so deep she's mistaken for dead -- which is exactly why her greedy husband is rushing her into the grave.

Who will rescue her? While Carol struggles to wake up, her former love -- an outlaw legend -- rides toward her, hunted by a horrifying hit man.

About the author: Josh Malerman is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Bird Box.

What it is: a complementary pair of classically inspired novellas exploring childhood malevolence and otherworldly vengeance.

Want a taste? "And as I stood I felt a small hand creep into my right one, as if a child had come up beside me in the dimness and taken hold of it. It felt cool and its fingers curled themselves trustingly into my palm."

Reviewers say: "These poetic and emotionally painful nightmares lay waste to the claim that the ghost story is dead and buried" (Publishers Weekly).

What it's about: After her mother goes missing, 19-year-old Ruthie discovers the diary of Sara Harrison Shea, a woman whose flayed body was found at Ruthie's Vermont farmhouse in 1908 after the death of her young daughter. As Ruthie sets out to find her mother, using the diary for clues, she fears her mother's fate may be linked to Sara -- and that history is repeating itself.

What it's about: Antiques appraiser Catherine is called to the famous Red House, an English country estate housing the collection of eccentric artist M.H. Mason. When a servant passes her a note telling her to leave, Catherine suspects something creepy is afoot.

Don't go in there! Among the estate's many bizarre "treasures" are taxidermied rat soldiers, marionettes tucked into beds, and leering dolls.